Shock absorber



Nov. 20, 1923." 1,474,578

I H. CROWLEY snqcx ABSORBER Filed ,Avril' 11. 1922 Crpmleq WITNESSES Patented Nov. 20, 1923;

HAMP CROWLEY, or VALDOSTA, GEoRc-Iix.

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SHOCK ABSORBER.

Application filed Apri111,.1922. Serial No. 551,458. I

To allwhomz't may concern:

Be it known that I, I-Lmrr CnowLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at V aldosta, inthe .countyqof Lowndes and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Shock Absorber, ofwhich the following is a specification. Y

This invention relates to shock absorbers for vehicle springs, and has for its object the provision of a shock absorber which will lessen the shocks tothe mechanical parts of the automobile, maintain the body and chassis reasonably steady at all times, save the vehicle springs from breakage and prolong the life of the mechanical parts of the carf This will be especially noted where the shock absorber is applied to a light car, since the added tension of the shock ab sorher between the body and the axles eliminates the rebound and absorbs shock when the car passes over rough places.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, with the understanding, however, that the invention is not confined to any strict conformity with the showing in the drawing, but may be changed and, modified so long as such changes and mod1- fications mark no material departure from the salient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a longitudinal view of the shock absorber, partly in elevation and necting means between the rear vehicle spring and the rear end 19 of the channel frame of an automobile. A clip 20 further binds the vehicle spring 16 at its curved central portion 21 to the curved central portion 22 of the rear end member 19 of the channel frame. All these elements just described refer to parts of the rear construc tion of the well known Ford type of a d-- tomobile. j

r .A leaf Spring 23, which is: identical in A structure with the longest leaf spring23 of the vehicle springlG, with certain' necessary modlficatlons in shape, is secured centrally upon the'shortest upperleaf 24c of the vehicle spring 16. s

@The leafspring 23fis' bent upwardly, as at 25, to spacethe spring from the upper leaf spring 24, and has secured at its ends U-shaped brackets26, in any approved man- The brackets have downwardly turned ner. perforatedears 27 which are engaged by eyes formed on the upper ends of coiled springs '28. A pair of these coiled springs are located upon opposite sides. of the vehicle spring 16, as shown in Fig. 2, and have their lower ends providedwith eyes to c.1- gage upstanding perforated ears 29formed on collars 30 which are clamped on the rear axle housing 15. s

In the ordinary car, when the road wheels meet with an obstruction or pass over rough places, the vehicle springs will tend to rise and lift the body of the vehicle unnecessarily and subsequently the springs will'rebound, lowering the body almost to the same extent to which the body has been elevated. The movements of the vehiclesprings will therefore cause an injurious vibrationand a constant jarring of the mechanical parts of the automobile in attempting to return'to an equilibrium. In the construction shown, when the body is elevated, the leaf springs 23 of Fig. 1, in cooperation With their respective coiled springs 28, will tend to resist the upward movement of the body and the action of the respective vehicle springs of the vehicle, and upon the rebound, u1e-- same leaf s .)rlngs and coiled springs will likewise tend to resist the downward movement. the actlon of the vehicle springs Wlll serve to maintain the springs in eopiilibriumandv This constant flexible resistance to The side "sway will also be taken care of in. I

the same way. i

What is claimed is r 1'. In combination, a vehicle spring and a shock absorber comprising a springleaf secured to the center of the vehicle spring and spaced from the same except at the pointjof attachment, a pair of U-shaped brackets having their intermediate portions secured transversely to the re ipectlve ends of the spring leaf and with their legs depending,

' collars secured to the axle of the vehicle and with the spring to a fixed part of the vehicle,

said'springleaf beingspaced from the vehie-lei spring from its-point of connection to its ends, a pair of U-shaped brackets having their intermediate portions secured ransverselv to the respective ends of the spring leaf and with their legs de iiendin collars secured to the axle and having upstanding'ears opposed to the legs of the brackets, and coiled springs connecting said ears to the respectivebracket legsand straddling the vehicle spring. v

3.. The combination with a vehicle spring and axle, of a spring leaf'arranged above the vehicle spring and in the same vertical plane, means for rigidly securing the spring leaf at its centralportion to the vehicle spring,

the remaining portions of the spring leaf being spaced from the vehicle spring and extending outwardly toward the ends'of the spring, a pair of U-shaped brackets having their intermediate portions secured transversely to the respective ends of the spring leaf and with their legs dependin and coiled springs connectedrespectively to each leg of-each bracket and also connected to the axle.

.4. The combination'with a vehicle frame, spring and axle, of a spring leaf interposed between the frame and'the spring at the center, leans for rigidly securing the spring leaf to the vehicle spring at tlns point, said spring leaf being invertedbut arranged in the same vertical plane with the vehicle spring and having. substantially the same length as the vehicle spring,'atransverse at taching member secured to each end of the spring leaf and having depending legs, and coiled springs connecting said legs to the axle of the vehicle and straddling the vehiclespring.

' In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature.

HAMP CROlVLEY. 

